Walter Younger Sr.

Walter Younger Sr. (died 1959) was a resident of Chicago, Illinois.

Biography
Walter Younger Sr. was born in the American South, and he married Lena Younger. He later moved to Chicago, Illinois during the Great Migration, and he started a family, having two children: Walter Lee and Beneatha. "Big Walter" was known to be a family man who believed that black children existed to justify their parents' unrealistic dreams, and he worked hard until his death in 1959. He left behind a $10,000 life insurance check to his family, which they used to buy a new home and invest in a (failed) liquor store partnership.